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Bogota September Exhibitions
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Bogota September Eco-hikes
http://www.ambientebogota.gov.co/web/sda/caminatas-ecologicas
Bogota September Events
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2- Cartagena Constitution Talk
Place: Centro de Eventos, Biblioteca Luisa Angel Arango
https://goo.gl/maps/fKwP6A7pF8dC94hf8
Time: 2h30 pm
This conference analyzes the particular history of Cartagena during the Independence process, between 1812 and 1821, under the Constitutions of Cartagena, Cádiz and Cúcuta.
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Photographers Anita Pouchard Serra (Fra-Arg) and Koral Carballo (Mex), will present their current project made together with Jessica Ávalos, journalist from El Salvador.
"Welcome to Intipuca City Project" is a transmedia documentary project about Salvadoran migration and its relationship with the United States, focusing on the places left by migrants. In this way, based on the history of a small, unique but universal city: Intipucá, south of El Salvador, this project shows migration's psychological and anthropological complexities.
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1- Talk: Ideas for an environmental history of Bogotá
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa de los Siete Balcones
https://goo.gl/maps/mgNCoysYEPerdzK17
Time: 4pm
Environmental history is about looking at human societies in their permanent co-evolution with the rest of nature. Bogotá is, for environmental history, an extraordinary field of observation: both a city and a complex ecosystem shaped by several centuries of social and environmental transformations.
1- Midwifery : Ancient wisdom and current practice
Place: Museo del Oro
From: May 24th, 2019 to Oct 20th, 2019
This exhibition explores the Afro-Pacific midwives traditional knowledge: the identity essence of present and future generations. Medicinal plants characteristics and uses recalls traditional knowledge, humanized childbirth, body care and health.
More info: http://www.banrepcultural.org/exposiciones/parteria-saber-ancestral-y-practica-viva/museo-del-oro
2- 50 years of "One Hundred Years of Solitude"are commemorated with three murals in the Central Hall of the National Library of Colombia
Place: Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia Calle 24 5-60 / Bogotá
Time: Lunes a Viernes 8 am - 6 pm/ Sábados 9 am - 4 pm
From: June 1st to Dec 31st 2019
The Ministry of Culture, the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, the Embassy of the United States in Colombia, the Colombo Americano Center and the National Library of Colombia, worked together to bring two great representatives of urban art in Colombia and the United States: Gaia and Guache.
As part of this initiative, the urban artists Gaia and Guache, painted three walls on the central hall of the National Library of Colombia, in the framework of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Literature Nobel Prize: Gabriel García Márquez.
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3- "Mariposas" ( Butterflies) Exhibition
Place:Luis Angel Arango Public Library, Sala de Exposiciones, 2nd Floor.
From July 18th, 2019 to December 1st, 2019
Since Ancient times, the beauty of butterflies and the magic of their metamorphosis have fascinated many cultures.
Butterflies were seen as a symbol of female divinity, vital breath, the dead warriors' soul, or the spirit of Ancestors ...; others relate them with witches and demons or with fairies, nymphs and angels.
Nowadays, scientists study on detail these winged insects' biology, endowed with an amazing ability to see and orient themselves, and their presence guides Scientists to know the ecosystem's conservation level.
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4- " El tigre no es como lo pintan" Exhibition
Place: Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Casa Republicana, Calle 11 # 4-14
From August 1st, 2019 to January 1st, 2020
" El tigre no es como lo pintan" is a Spanish idiom, equivalent to "The lion is not how they paint it" in English.
This popular idiom is a popular saying meaning: don't make assumptions about something/ someone based on what you've heard. This exhibition will show modern and contemporary artists' critical reflections about Colombian nation and its symbols to criticize or emphasize what is currently happening in Colombia's economy, society and politics.
The art-works selected for this exhibition, belong to the Banco de la Republica Art Collection and are articulated around three axes - Our America, Heroes, and Emblems‒ which reminds the role of art on building a national imaginary and the role of artists in Colombia, as a critical political actor and an observer of Independence utopian ideals, 200 years ago.
Free admission!
More info: http://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/actividad/el-tigre-no-es-como-lo-pintan-visita-inaugural
5- Colombian Independence Heroines
Place: Archivo de Bogota Calle 6 B # 5-75
From August 2nd to September 30th, 2019
Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Between 1810 and 1819, hundreds of women were part of the fight for Colombian Independence. Some were part by ideological affinity with their parents, brothers or husbands; others joined the fight because injustices committed against people in general.
The Mayor's Office of Bogotá opens on August 2, this exhibition, tribute to seventeen women unknown, but also key actors of Colombian Independence.
Free admission!
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6- Bicentennial Space. Independence in Bogotá
Place: Casa Sámano Headquarters, Carrera 4 Nº 10-18
Until September 29th
Tuesday to Friday / 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 pm.
Saturday and Sunday / 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm.
Commented visits everyday at 11:00 a.m.
Through this exhibition, the museum visitors will make a tour of the city through the territorial footprints the independence process has left in different Bogota places.
Free admission!
7- The Colombian independence was built up in Casanare
Place: Museo Nacional de Colombia
From May 21st 2019 to November 21st 2019
Based on portraits, documents and objects belonging to some Independence leaders, this exhibition shows military strategies developed in the Casanare region. What happened there 200 years ago, was the prelude to the final battle in 1819, August 7th.
Casanare became at the end of 1818 and beginning of 1819 the last refuge for patriots: Politicians, military and supporters of Independence who had the intention of regrouping and organizing a new army.
Entrance ticket: 4000 COP
http://www.ambientebogota.gov.co/web/sda/caminatas-ecologicas
Bogota September Events
Sunday, September, 1st, 2019
Monday September 2nd, 2019
1- Talk about Puertorican and Japanese Migrations in Colombia
Free admission with previous registration at:
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 2pm
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Tuesday, September 3th, 2019
1- Traditional Korean Dance
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
The traditional Korean ‘Yeonhee’ is a form of folk art including music, acrobatics, folk dances and rituals. ‘CHOORI’ is a traditional Yeonhee combining traditions such as: Pungmul (farmer band music), Talchum (traditional masking dance), Musok (shamanic rituals), and explores new styles in order to attract young generations.
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Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
1- Music and truth talk with Philipp Miller
Place: Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Centro de Eventos
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Time: 5pm
1- Music and truth talk with Philipp Miller
Place: Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Centro de Eventos
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Time: 5pm
Philip Miller is a South African music and music composer and producer for film, video and live performances. In his works Miller uses sound and music on a way to explore the memory and trauma states of communities affected by violence.
Free admission!
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Thursday, September 5th, 2019
1- Workshop about Citizen Political Education
Place: Auditorio Margarita Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional
https://goo.gl/maps/wTQM7pFKUBrcekZLA
Time: 8am
In the current Colombian context, after the signing of the peace agreements and facing polarization determining, to a large extent, the decision-making of Colombian citizens on aspects of their daily lives, the event will discuss some issues such as:
Free admission!
More information:
https://www.instituto-capaz.org/foro-taller-educacion-politica-ciudadana-en-colombia/?lang=es
2- Concert Enrique Ver Horst and 4:32 band ( Venezuela, Colombia)
1- Workshop about Citizen Political Education
Place: Auditorio Margarita Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional
https://goo.gl/maps/wTQM7pFKUBrcekZLA
Time: 8am
In the current Colombian context, after the signing of the peace agreements and facing polarization determining, to a large extent, the decision-making of Colombian citizens on aspects of their daily lives, the event will discuss some issues such as:
- What is meant by citizen political education?
- What initiatives are being carried out in Colombia on this issue?
- What actions can be taken to improve information, knowledge, training processes and citizens' trust towards their public institutions?
- How can the academy, the media, unions, civil society and international cooperation contribute to improve citizen political education in the country?
More information:
https://www.instituto-capaz.org/foro-taller-educacion-politica-ciudadana-en-colombia/?lang=es
2- Concert Enrique Ver Horst and 4:32 band ( Venezuela, Colombia)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
A wonderful mix between Jazz, Salsa and Frank Sinatra songs.
Free admission with previous registration at: Inscríbete aquí
Friday, September 6th, 2019
Saturday, September 7th, 2019
1- Concert Dayme Arocena ( Cuba)
1- Concert Dayme Arocena ( Cuba)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 5 pm
Free admission with previous registration at: Inscríbete aquí
Sunday, September 8th, 2019,
Monday, September 9th, 2019
1- Concert Ignasi Terraza Trío (España)
1- Concert Ignasi Terraza Trío (España)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
Free admission with previous registration at: Inscríbete aquí
Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
1- Concert Sango Groove ( Colombia)
1- Concert Sango Groove ( Colombia)
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Place: Centro de Eventos, Biblioteca Luisa Angel Arango
https://goo.gl/maps/fKwP6A7pF8dC94hf8
Time: 2h30 pm
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3- Photo project- Talk " Welcome to Intipuca City"
Place: Ojo Rojo Fabrica Visual
Time:7 PM
"Welcome to Intipuca City Project" is a transmedia documentary project about Salvadoran migration and its relationship with the United States, focusing on the places left by migrants. In this way, based on the history of a small, unique but universal city: Intipucá, south of El Salvador, this project shows migration's psychological and anthropological complexities.
Free admission!
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Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
1- Talk: Ideas for an environmental history of Bogotá
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa de los Siete Balcones
https://goo.gl/maps/mgNCoysYEPerdzK17
Time: 4pm
Environmental history is about looking at human societies in their permanent co-evolution with the rest of nature. Bogotá is, for environmental history, an extraordinary field of observation: both a city and a complex ecosystem shaped by several centuries of social and environmental transformations.
Thursday, September, 12th 2019
1- Benoit Chasseriau
Free admission!
More information:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/actividad/benoit-chasseriau-naufrago-de-saint-domingue-revolucionario-en-la-tierra-firme-y
2- "Citizen Jane: Battle for the City" (US) documentary screening
Place:Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 17h30
Free admission!
More information:
http://www.facartes.unal.edu.co/museoarquitectura/exposiciones.html#actuales
3- Concert Byron Sanchez ( Colombia)
Free admission with previous registration:
1- Benoit Chasseriau
Place: Centro de Eventos, Biblioteca Luisa Angel Arango
Time: 5h00 pm
As part of “Foreigners in Independence” cycle, highlighting in an inclusive manner, the complexity and diversity during the independence process in Colombia, this conference unveils the identity of Benito Chassériau. It will follow his footsteps from the time he was a colonist at French Santo Domingo until he became a revolutionary in Venezuela and the New Kingdom of Granada and, finally, he became an agent of Restoration in France.
Free admission!
More information:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/actividad/benoit-chasseriau-naufrago-de-saint-domingue-revolucionario-en-la-tierra-firme-y
2- "Citizen Jane: Battle for the City" (US) documentary screening
Place:Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 17h30
Documentary "Citizen Jane: Battle for the City" tells the story of how Jane Jacobs, a writer who became an activist, was the pioneer for New York communities birth, thanks to her battle against major urban development projects in the 1950s-70s, to protect neighborhoods and her city.
Through articles, books and citizen empowerment, Jacobs managed to change the way we can understand and how we can better make city planning.
Free admission!
More information:
http://www.facartes.unal.edu.co/museoarquitectura/exposiciones.html#actuales
3- Concert Byron Sanchez ( Colombia)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
Free admission with previous registration:
Friday, September 13th, 2019
1- Concert Simbeque Project ( Spain)
1- Concert Simbeque Project ( Spain)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
Free admission with previous registration: Inscríbete aquí
Saturday, September 14th, 2019
1- "Ciudad Isla" ( City Island) Exhibition Guided Visit
Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 10 AM
Free admission!
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Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 10 AM
Today, 40% of Bogota population live in more than 3,500 residential compounds, which, since 2000, constitute the predominant way of construction of the (formal) housing of the city. Bogotá is a city that has traditionally grown through residential neighborhoods and open blocks. However: urban regulations, the profit motivations of real estate developers, the private-based lifestyle and the exaltation of security, make the closed complex, the new characteristic of real estate growth .
This model, now defining the shape of the future Greater Bogotá. and its evolution are the focus of this exhibition, which also seeks to reflect on the causes of proliferation of this city model, its effects on urban life and the opportunities to transform this gigantic existing space.
Free admission!
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Sunday, September 15th, 2019
1- Walk to Parque Nacional heights
Place:Swiss Clock at Parque Nacional
https://goo.gl/maps/vewpfFqxVQLGxoRc9
Time: 7h30 am
Place:Swiss Clock at Parque Nacional
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Time: 7h30 am
Free admission with previous registration: asociacionperiferia@gmail.com
More information: asociacionperiferia@gmail.com
2- "Sea of Life" ( Canada) Movie Screening
Place: Casa Quinta de Bolivar
https://goo.gl/maps/pHYSaumui5A6VKkBA
Time: 11 AM
Free admission!
More information:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/museo-casa-quinta-de-bolivar-presenta-mar-de-vida-tickets-71136193269?fbclid=IwAR1vLlnUVUsKJXU60jZJlLC34zy0PIBinGUZhCXBR7Jtj1TG8_bo6HlqwOs
More information: asociacionperiferia@gmail.com
2- "Sea of Life" ( Canada) Movie Screening
Place: Casa Quinta de Bolivar
https://goo.gl/maps/pHYSaumui5A6VKkBA
Time: 11 AM
Inspired by Rob Stewart's Revolution, young filmmaker Julia Barnes embarks on an epic journey around the world to save the ecosystems we depend on for survival, as we come closer to causing a mass extinction in the oceans.
Free admission!
More information:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/museo-casa-quinta-de-bolivar-presenta-mar-de-vida-tickets-71136193269?fbclid=IwAR1vLlnUVUsKJXU60jZJlLC34zy0PIBinGUZhCXBR7Jtj1TG8_bo6HlqwOs
Monday, September 16th, 2019
1- Concert Sofia Ribeiro ( Portugal)
1- Concert Sofia Ribeiro ( Portugal)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
Free admission with previous registration:
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
1- Concert Theon Cross ( UK)
1- Concert Theon Cross ( UK)
Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Friday, September 20th, 2019
1-Opening of a new theatre scene in Bogota
Place: Calle 33 n.15-53
Time:5pm
During this opening of this new Teusaquillo theatre place, there will be Colombian music, contemporary dance, poetry and of course a theatre play, at the end!
Free admission!
More information:
Tel: 2453806
2- Concert Mandolin Sisters ( India) and Las Añes ( Colombia)
Free admission with previous registration: Inscríbete aquí
Place: Calle 33 n.15-53
Time:5pm
During this opening of this new Teusaquillo theatre place, there will be Colombian music, contemporary dance, poetry and of course a theatre play, at the end!
Free admission!
More information:
Tel: 2453806
2- Concert Mandolin Sisters ( India) and Las Añes ( Colombia)
Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna
Time: 7pm
Free admission with previous registration: Inscríbete aquí
Saturday, September 21st, 2019
1- "Ciudad Isla" ( City Island) Exhibition Guided Visit
Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 10 AM
Free admission!
More information:
Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 10 AM
Today, 40% of Bogota population live in more than 3,500 residential compounds, which, since 2000, constitute the predominant way of construction of the (formal) housing of the city. Bogotá is a city that has traditionally grown through residential neighborhoods and open blocks. However: urban regulations, the profit motivations of real estate developers, the private-based lifestyle and the exaltation of security, make the closed complex, the new characteristic of real estate growth .
This model, now defining the shape of the future Greater Bogotá. and its evolution are the focus of this exhibition, which also seeks to reflect on the causes of proliferation of this city model, its effects on urban life and the opportunities to transform this gigantic existing space.
Free admission!
More information:
Sunday, September 22nd, 2019
Monday, September 23th, 2019
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
1- Embroidery workshop: "The hidden and the visible"
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa de los Siete Balcones
https://goo.gl/maps/mgNCoysYEPerdzK17
Time: 2pm
In this workshop, participants will learn the embroidery art through words and fragments of speeches of women who participated in the Colombian Independence. This workshop will be held by Fulanas Colectivo, Feminist collective.
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa de los Siete Balcones
https://goo.gl/maps/mgNCoysYEPerdzK17
Time: 2pm
In this workshop, participants will learn the embroidery art through words and fragments of speeches of women who participated in the Colombian Independence. This workshop will be held by Fulanas Colectivo, Feminist collective.
Free admission with previous registration:
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Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Friday, September 27th, 2019
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
Sunday, September 29th, 2019
1- Bogota Gastronomic Heritage workshop
Place:Museo de la Independencia, Casa del Florero
https://goo.gl/maps/dtD86eatQsEcqQje9
Time: 2pm
Free admission!
More information:
http://sh1.sendinblue.com/7rat1swyygc.html?t=1567193620
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Friday, September 27th, 2019
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
1- Sunrise Guided visit to the Flower market in Paloquemao
Place: will be provided to the registered people
Time: 5 am
Fee: 20 000 COP
More information:
WhatsApp: 3023444063
2- "Ciudad Isla" ( City Island) Exhibition Guided Visit
Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 10 AM
Free admission!
More information:
Place: will be provided to the registered people
Time: 5 am
This Sunrise visit will show you Bogota downtown waking up, and walking down, to be part of the amazing colorful show which is the arrival of all kinds of Colombian flowers to the Paloquemao market.
Fee: 20 000 COP
More information:
WhatsApp: 3023444063
2- "Ciudad Isla" ( City Island) Exhibition Guided Visit
Place: Museo de arquitectura Leopoldo Roher
https://goo.gl/maps/sxgUSf6vHHDUaDQz5
Time: 10 AM
Today, 40% of Bogota population live in more than 3,500 residential compounds, which, since 2000, constitute the predominant way of construction of the (formal) housing of the city. Bogotá is a city that has traditionally grown through residential neighborhoods and open blocks. However: urban regulations, the profit motivations of real estate developers, the private-based lifestyle and the exaltation of security, make the closed complex, the new characteristic of real estate growth .
This model, now defining the shape of the future Greater Bogotá. and its evolution are the focus of this exhibition, which also seeks to reflect on the causes of proliferation of this city model, its effects on urban life and the opportunities to transform this gigantic existing space.
Free admission!
More information:
Sunday, September 29th, 2019
1- Bogota Gastronomic Heritage workshop
Place:Museo de la Independencia, Casa del Florero
https://goo.gl/maps/dtD86eatQsEcqQje9
Time: 2pm
To show the city's gastronomic heritage richness, first there will be a visit to the Llorente Store in the Museum of Independence and then, to the Bogota Museum exhibition room " Between mountains and water" and its vegetable garden . Around these museum spaces, guides will talk about stories and chronicles to know through different historical periods, the origin of Bogotá food, such as chocolate, corn, flour and rice, etc.
Free admission!
More information:
http://sh1.sendinblue.com/7rat1swyygc.html?t=1567193620
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